Rate of physiological germination relates to the percentage of normal seedlings in standard germination tests of naturally aged seed lots of oilseed rape

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 602-611

  Khajeh Hosseini, M ^a   Nasehzadeh, M ^a   Matthews, S ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650197428     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2010.38.3.08     Document Type: Article

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